Unscramble ENCOUNTERING and you have 394 words, ENCOUNTERING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
E1N12C34O1U12N12T1E1R1I1N12G23
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from ENCOUNTERING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 9 with 10, 14 with 9, 43 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words made with ENCOUNTERING letters: INCONGRUENT, for 14 points.
7 of 9 10-letter words in ENCOUNTERING tie at 13 points; none scores more.
Of the 14 9-letter words you get when you unscramble ENCOUNTERING, 8 score 12 points, the group's best. ENCOUNTER, CENTURION and CENTERING are the ones most people know.
Among 43 8-letter words from ENCOUNTERING, the top score is 11, reached by 12. CONTINUE, ENTERING and COUNTING are the familiar ones.
18 of 60 7-letter words from ENCOUNTERING tie at 10 points; none scores more. RUNNING, COUNTER and GENERIC will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words in ENCOUNTERING, 14 score 9 points, the group's best. CENTER, RECENT and NOTICE are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words made with ENCOUNTERING letters; 12 of them share the top score of 8. COURT, COUNT and OUNCE are everyday picks.
CROG tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ENCOUNTERING at 7 points; next come CENT and CERE on 6. ONCE, NICE and CORE will look familiar.
CIG and COG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words from ENCOUNTERING. GET, GOT and INN are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ENCOUNTERING for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with EN · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by INCONGRUENT (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ENCOUNTERING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENCOUNTERING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 394) | 299 | 394 | 272 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 94 of them: ENCOIGNURE, CENTREING, CORNUTING, RECONTINUE, CONGREET, COREGENT, CERNING, COGENER, CONGREE, CONGRUE, COURING, CREEING and 82 more. Words With Friends* skips 28 of them: RETCONNING, RECONNING, RINGTONE, ROUTEING, TENURING, CONURE, CROUTE, INCENT, NEONIC, NONINERT, OUNCER, RETCON and 16 more. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: CUNT.
This word takes every letter of ENCOUNTERING plus a single extra one.